And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
Ver. 3. Because he walked in the first ways of his father David.] Who during his trouble kept himself free from scandalous and reproachful practices, innocent from the great transgression. Psa 19:13 David rectior fuit in servitio quam in regno, saith Gregory.